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[–] [S] 57 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (3 children)

It wouldn't be, the Australian deserts are actually super interesting and biodiverse but hydrating the desert has been a colonial desire/obsession in Australia for a long time. Still fun to see a Ghanian propose ideas on how it could be done though. I mostly found the humor in his use of patriot missiles as cost representation.

Edit: what is it with colonizers and "making deserts bloom" anyway?

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  • [–] 27 points 20 hours ago* (2 children)

    Edit: what is it with colonizers and "making deserts bloom" anyway?

    "using the land better than those savages" justifies their brutal extermination of its indigenous population

    Ayn Rand explicitly argued this to justify America's genocide

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  • [–] 19 points 19 hours ago (1 child)

    Also people live there.

    To be fair to desert bloomers, deserts tend to spread and are very hostile to human life and consequently human activity in said desert.

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  • [–] 18 points 18 hours ago* (1 child)

    Real Desert Bloomers know your goal is actually to contain the desert's spread and establish healthy buffer ecosystems between the desert and the not-desert.

    You gotta put bowling alley bumpers up around the desert or the whole thing will slowly march away into the ocean.

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  • [–] 11 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 child)

    Can we bloom a little desert? as a treat?

    Tell ya what, we can turn a similar amount of land into a desert. I think these coordinates are a good option: 35°18'29.7"S 149°07'28.8"E

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